According to the official rules, here’s how the judges (wedding planner Jo Gartin, and the brass at C&B and DailyCandy) will decide the winner this month: They’ll tally up scores based on

• Originality and creativity of Entrant’s responses to the topics (50%);
• How well Entry invokes and inspires Crate and Barrel’s lifestyle (30%);
• Entry’s Ranking in public voting (20%) as follows: 1st–10th place in public voting will receive 10 points; 10th–20th place will receive 6 points; 20th–30th place will receive 4 points; and the remaining 20 Finalists will receive 0 points.

Indeed, your voting was the least important factor. Heh.

Meanwhile, in addition to the $100k grand prize, there are 18 other awards in the form of C&B gift cards ranging in value from $500 to $7,500. And with plenty of other gays in the Top 50 — like Ed and Erwin (diagnosed with terminal lung cancer), Emily and Rachel, and Mikey and Earl — we should expect at least a couple homos will walk away with a new flatware set.